Ray, here’s a list of all the men named William Crow/Crowe who were on the island at census time in 1861, and who were in the right age bracket to father a child circa 1863:
From Brian Lawson’s census index
1861
CROWE William 39 Ramsey 4429 36 141
CROW William 37 Lezayre 4422 67 79
CROWE William 36 Douglas 4419 9 66
CROW William 32 Peel 4428 14 121
CROWE William 28 Michael 4431 21 8
CROWE William 21 Lon 4423 49 44
CROW William 21 Lon 4423 63 44
CROWE William 20 Bride 4413 22 61
CROW William 20 Lezayre 4422 87 104
CROWE William 19 Ramsey 4429 64 30
CROWE William 15 Ramsey 4429 15 98
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I’ve had a look at the census pages for all these men to check on their occupations and luckily there’s only one miner:
CROWE William 21 Lon 4423 49 44
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1861
Ballamilgyn, Lonan
Ancestry’s transcription:
Name Age
James Crowe 45
Elizabeth Crowe 46
William Crowe 21
Ellenor Crowe 19
Ann Crowe 17
James Crowe 15
Thomas Crowe 12
Catherine Crowe 7
Alice Crowe 4
Elizabeth Crowe 1 Months
notes:
JC 45 lead miner
WC 21 son lead miner
all b Lonan
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William’s baptism (a few weeks prior to his mother’s marriage)
Name: William Kelly
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 22 Sep 1839
Event Place: Lonan, Isle of Man
Gender: Male
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Kelly
Image shows:
Illegit--- William son of Elizabeth Kelly and—(gap) Sept 22nd.
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Name: James Crow
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Dec 1839
Event Place: Lonan, Isle of Man
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: William Crow
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Kelly
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Father's Name: Robert Kelly
Image shows:
JC 24/a miner in moderate circumstances bachelor/miner/Laxey/ father William Crow, miner.
EK 23/spinster/farmer’s daughter/Agnish ?/father Robert Kelly, farmer.
Both made an x-mark.
Witnesses: T W Kerruish (clerk ?) and Thos Crowe.
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So 2 possibilities:
1) Your William Crowe, miner, was off the island in 1861 and hasn’t yet been identified.
2) This is your William Crowe, miner, father of John Henry Crowe. If so, JHC was probably conceived before WC’s marriage to Eliza Cannon (with a different woman eg Elizabeth Cowin or Margaret Cain), and born after that marriage.
Jean C